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| August 20th: On this Day |
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2007, the funeral of Manchester music mogul and broadcaster, Tony Wilson was held at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Manchester. Peter Hook and Stephen Morris - two members of first Factory signing Joy Division, and later incarnation, New Order attended along with Happy Mondays front man, Shaun Ryder.
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2006, The Rolling Stones played the first of two nights at Twickenham Stadium on their ‘A Bigger Bang’ world tour. Feeder and The Charlatans also appeared.
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2006, Christina Aguilera went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Back To Basics' the singers third UK release. Also a No.1 album in 13 other countries.
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| 2003, Madame Tussauds in London opened an interactive Pop Idol display with a speaking waxwork of judge Simon Cowell. The waxwork made comments such as: 'That was extraordinary. Unfortunately extraordinarily bad.' 'Do you really think that you could become a Pop Idol' Well then you're deaf.' 'Thank you. Goodbye and That was the worst performance I've ever seen.' |
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| 2000, Craig David started a two week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his debut release 'Born To Do It'. Spiller went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Groovejet'. |
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| 2000, Janet Jackson went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Doesn't Really Matter'. Nelly started a five week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Country Grammar'. |
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1997, BBC TV aired the documentary 'Oasis; Right Here Right Now', with the group talking about their troublesome last year plus performances of three new songs from the Manchester band.
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| 1992, a US Doctor filed a $35m lawsuit against the Southwest Bell phone company. He alleged that his wife died because he could not reach 911 due to all lines being jammed by demand of Garth Brooks concert tickets. |
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1991, Nirvana and Sonic Youth kicked off a joint European tour at Sir Henry’s Pub, Cork, Ireland.
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1990, appearing at the Marquee Club London Aerosmith. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page joined the band on stage for a blues jam.
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| 1988, Steve Winwood went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Roll With It'. |
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| 1988, two rock fans died while 'slam dancing' as Guns N' Roses played at the 'Monsters Of Rock' Festival, Castle Donington. |
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| 1987, Lindsey Buckingham quit Fleetwood Mac. |
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1986, Rick Allen drummer with Def Leppard made his first live appearance with the band after losing an arm in a car accident, when they appeared at the Monsters Of Rock Festival, Castle Donington, England.
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| 1983, The compilation album '18 Greatest Hits' by Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five started a three week run at No.1 on the UK chart. |
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| 1983, appearing at JFK Stadium Philadelphia Madness, Joan Jett, The Police and R.E.M. |
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| 1980, during a North American tour, Queen appeared at the Civic Centre, Hartford, Connecticut. |
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| 1977, The Brotherhood Of Man had the No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Angelo'. |
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| 1977, The Emotions started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Best Of My Love', it made No.4 in the UK. |
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1971, on the second night of a North American tour, Led Zeppelin appeared at the Seattle Centre Coliseum, Seattle, Washington.
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1969, after finishing ‘I Want You, (She’s So Heavy), The Beatles worked on the running order for the Abbey Road album. A preliminary master tape was compiled, the medley was originally slated for side one of the album, and the placement of ‘Octopus's Garden’ and ‘Oh! Darling’ were reversed from the final version. The album was to end with the slashed guitar chord that finishes ‘I Want You (She's So Heavy)’. This was the last time all four Beatles were together in Abbey Road studios.
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| 1968, The University of Tennessee reported that a guinea pig subjected to days of rock music played at 120 decibels had suffered acute hearing damage. |
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| 1966, The Beatles, touring America for the last time, were forced to cancel and reschedule their performance in Cincinnati's open-air stadium, Crosley Field. Heavy rain (and no cover provided) made electrocution a virtual certainty if The Beatles had attempted to perform. |
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| 1965, Andrew Loog Oldham launched the Immediate Label, home of The Small Faces Nice and Chris Farlowe. |
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1963, appearing at The Star & Garter Hotel Windsor, England, The Rolling Stones.
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1955, appearing at the Apollo Theatre Harlem, New York, Bo Diddley.
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| August 20th: Born on this day |
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1979, Born on this day, Jamie Cullum, UK Jazz, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, (2003 UK No.5 album 'Twentysomething').
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| 1971, Born on this day, Fred Durst, vocals, Limp Bizkit , (2001 UK No.1 single 'Rollin' & 2000 US & UK No.1 album 'Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavoured Water'). |
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| 1966, Born on this day, Dimebag Darrell, guitarist, Pantera, (1994 UK No.19 single 'I'm Broken'). Killed on 8th December 2004 after a man stormed the stage during a Damageplan show and began firing at the band and crowd. |
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| 1952, Born on this day, Doug Fieger, The Knack, (1979 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'My Sharona'). |
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| 1949, Born on this day, Phil Lynott Irish singer, songwriter, bass player, Thin Lizzy. (1973 UK No.6 single 'Whisky In The Jar'). Lynott died on 4th January 1986. |
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1948, Born on this day, Robert Plant, singer, Led Zeppelin, (1969 US No.4 single 'Whole Lotta Love'. The bands fourth album released in 1971 featuring the rock classic 'Stairway To Heaven' has sold over 11 million copies). Solo (1983 UK No.11 single 'Big Log'). The Honeydrippers, (with Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck & Nile Rodgers), 1984 US No.3 single 'Sea Of Love'. Grammy award winning 2007 album 'Raising Sand' with bluegrass star Alison Krauss.
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| 1947, Born on this day, James Pankow, Trombone, Chicago, (1976 UK & US No.1 single 'If You Leave Me Now'). |
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| 1946, Born on this day, Ralf Hutter, Kraftwerk, (1982 UK No.1 single 'Computer Love / The Model'). |
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| 1941, Born on this day, Dave Brock, Hawkwind, (1972 UK No.3 single 'Silver Machine'). |
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| 1940, Born on this day, John Lantree, The Honeycombs, (1964 UK No.1 single 'Have I The Right'). |
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| 1934, Born on this day 'Sneaky' Pete Kleinow, US country-rock steel guitar player. Died 6th Jan 2007 aged 72. He was one of the original members of the Flying Burrito Brothers with the Byrds' Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons. Also worked with John Lennon and Joni Mitchell. |
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| 1931, Born on this day, Paul Robi, The Platters, (UK & US No.1 single 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'). Died of cancer on 1st February 1989. |
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| 1924, Born on this day, Jim Reeves, US country singer. The first country singer to crossover into the pop market. (1960 US No.2 single 'He'll Have To Go', 1966 UK No.1 single 'Distant Drums'). Reeves was killed in a plane crash on 31st July 1964 when the single engine aircraft flying from Arkansas to Nashville crashed in thick fog. |
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| August 20th: I knew the bride |
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| 1999, Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim married TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter Zoe Ball. |
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| 1999, New Kids On The Block singer Donnie Wahlberg married Kim Fey. |
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